From our friends at Pine Street School:

Pine Street School, NYC’s first and only International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) , dual-language immersion school, kicked off its ten-year anniversary celebrations on October 25. Since opening its doors in 2014, Pine Street School (“Pine Street”), a Green Ivy school, has provided New York City students with a world-class multilingual education from nursery through eighth grade. To mark this occasion, the Pine Street community gathered for a student-led celebration that showcased the school’s commitment to its core values – nurturing leadership, presentation skills, and risk-taking. Students were joined by Head of School Anna Rita Pergolizzi-Wentworth, school Founder Dr. Jennifer Jones and Green Ivy Schools CEO Gaby Rowe, along with alumni, fellow students, parents, and teachers.

Since its founding, Pine Street has championed a rigorous, inquiry-based learning approach that prioritizes student agency, innovative technology integration and a globally minded culture. The leadership team has worked tirelessly to make Pine Street the best dual-language immersion school (Mandarin Chinese and Spanish) in Manhattan. “We take great pride in the vibrant community we’ve built together—students, families, neighbors and educators—who embody our commitment to building and cultivating an internationally minded, innovative, and multicultural education,” said Pergolizzi-Wentworth.

The celebration comes on the heels of  Pine Street’s middle school expansion, which it announced in June. Its expanded campus features modern classrooms, specialized spaces for engaged learning, a fine arts wing, state-of-the-art science labs, a maker/innovation space, and an athletics floor. The school’s facilities are designed to support a comprehensive education that extends beyond traditional academics, fostering creativity, self-expression, and physical well-being.

“The best is yet to come for Pine Street School and our Pine Street family,” said Rowe. “Whether it’s the expansion of our community space at 25 Pine Street or our additional campus at 156 William Street, the Green Ivy and KSS leadership team are committed to supporting PSS through its next phase of growth and the decade to come.”